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J. F. MONTGOMERY.

QAN. APPLICATION iILED NOV. 6, 1912.

Patented Nov. 25

WW wk WM NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN F. MONTGOMERY, F COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE JOHN WILDI EVAPO-- RATED MILK 60., OF COLUMBUS; OHIO, A CORPORATIQN OFILLINQIS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented=Nov;.;25, 1913.

Application filed November, 1912. Serial No. 729,855.

i To all whom it may concern Be'it known that I, JOHN F. Mon'rcoM- ERY, citizen of the United States, res din at Columbus, in the county of Franklin an State of,.Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cans; and-I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention consists of certain new and useful improvements in cans, and relates more particularly to that class of cans in which liquid substances are stored, and from which the contents may be poured from time to time as used, untilthe can is empty.

My invention is more especially adapted to be used as a receptacle for condensed or aerated milk or evaporated cream but it may be used for any other fluid substance.

The cans now most commonly in use for the purposes above mentioned, are designed to have their tops perforated at two places to allow the contents to be poured out, but it is impossible in this construction to pour the contents in a direct line or without causing some of the liquid to flow down the side of the can, causing the can to present an unsightly appearance and to become unsanitary. By my invention as herein set forth, I have remedied'this defect, and have provided a oan which may be used practically as a pitcher tents while being rectly to any desired point, and without spreading over the can and soiling the same.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved can having the lower part broken awa Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line 22 of Fig. 2. 1 is the can body which is made of any suitable material and provided with'a top 2 which is preferably, though not necessarily, made of metal and is stamped or formed in the manner hereinafter described.

and from which the conpoured are guided di- (The can top has pressed portion a two difl'erent points by raised ribs 4. These ribs I extend from the edge of the; can to the inner circle of the annularl'depressed portion 3. At the inner ends. of the ribs 4, adjacent to the inner circle of the depressed portion, are lower depressed portions '5, 5, which are preferably, though not necessarily, annular in shape.

Innse the lower depressed portions 5, 5 are punctured and the contents poured from either aperture thus formed, the contents when the can is tipped flowing from the aperture down a groove 6 which is formed said ribs forming a spout from which the material may be fedevenly and in a direct line without spreading over the outer surface of the can. i

While I have illustrated and described my invention in a preferred form, I do not wish to limit in which the device may be made without departing from tion'.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A can, provided with a top adapted to be punctured at a predetermined point at a distance from the edge o'f'the can to permit the outflow of the contents, and guiding means for the contents provided upon the upper surface of said top, said guiding means extending from the point ofpunctur: ing to the edge of the can.

2. A can, provided with be punctured at a predetermined-point and with raised ribs forming agroove which extends from said point of puncturing to the edge of the can. y

3. A'can, provided with a top having an annular depressed portionintersectedat different I points by raised ribs grooves, and lower depressed portions at the inner ends of said grooves, said lower myself to that exact construe-- tion, as obviouslythere may be other forms the spirit of the said invena top adapted ,to

which form by the ribs 4, 4 on either side thereof, the

depressed portions' being adapted to be raised ribs, which form grooves from said punctured and the liquid fed through one points of puncturing to the ed e of the can. 10

of said grooves, which forms a guide. In testimony whereof I a x .my signa- 4:. A can provided with a top having an ture, in the presence of two Witnesses.

5 annular depressed portion adapted to be JOHN F. MONTGOMERY.

punctured at different points, adjacent to Witnesses: v the inner edge of the same, said annular JOSEPHINE Dowmuo,

depressed portion being intersected by BESSIE M. Ross. 

